Accident Piper PA-46-500TP Malibu Meridian N1RQ, Friday 20 October 2000

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Date:	Friday 20 October 2000
Time:	18:10 LT
Type:	Piper PA-46-500TP Malibu Meridian
Owner/operator:	Randall Raymond Quast
Registration:	N1RQ
MSN:	4697112
Total airframe hrs:	551 hours
Engine model:	P&W PT6A-34
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Eden Prairie, MN - United States of America
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Dowagiac, MI (C91)
Destination airport:	(KFCM)
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
The pilot said that during the landing he noticed the airplane start to float up. 'When [the] plane came back down, it began to bounce up and down. On the third of maybe 5 or 6 bounces, the prop struck the ground.' An examination of the airplane revealed no anomalies.

Probable Cause: the pilot misjudging the landing flare, and his failure to recover from the bounced landing.

Accident investigation: